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It's used to move electric energy at «high voltage between points of supply» and points where it is either delivered to other electric systems or «transformed to a lower voltage» and sent to consumers.

Unlike the 18 - storey student residence rising at the University of B.C., or the 25 - storey office tower planned for Vienna, the proposed Terrace House is not entirely wood - framed; developer PortLiving is calling it a «hybrid timber structure» — wood framed on its upper floors, but using more conventional steel and concrete construction methods lower down.

The tax code also permits the owners of a corporation, however small, to use his or her company to shelter income from passive investments, and to convert surplus revenue into capital gains, which are taxed at lower rates than income.

SMS messaging is also an ideal way for sending coupons that will get noticed and used, at a much lower cost than printing physical coupons.

At various points in the Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations, new stock market records and historically low unemployment rates were used as a synonym for a booming economy, or after the financial crisis, to signal that the economy was recovering — even though many workers and households experienced stagnating or steadily declining incomes for years or even decades.

A lower Canadian dollar has been something of a mixed bag for many industries, but the used - car export business is experiencing a real boom at the moment.

Economist Michael Wolfson noticed that since extra coverage for those with lower earnings is not needed, we should keep the replacement rate at 25 per cent for lower earners, then use a 40 per cent replacement rate for earnings above a certain threshold.

At issue is the use of high - low pricing, also called off - price retailing.

So if you're benching, use less weight than you normally do, lower the weight very slowly (taking at least five seconds), stop just above your chest, hold for a few seconds, squeezing your chest muscles the entire time, then slowly push it back up.

While top - down channels are used to communicate vision and strategy in order to get policies and processes aligned with them, bottom - up processes are necessary too, in order for leaders to be aware of the issues faced at the lower levels, as well as to measure the impact of the policies and practices implemented.

An opportunity also may exist to use home equity to bundle high - interest debt at lower rates, he adds.

This in turn has led power companies, as well as tech startups, to look at how this new low cost energy storage source could be used in new ways.

The concept of using online communities to solve problems for big companies is intriguing — the wisdom of crowds has been tapped at a low cost in a variety of industries and has proved surprisingly accurate.

Trump said he used to invest in U.S. stocks but got out because «I don't like what I'm seeing at all,» pointing to U.S. immigration policies, Syrian refugees, and what he said were «artificially low» interest rates.

At this juncture the housing bears may argue that it is imprudent to use RBC affordability measures given interest rates are low and most likely to go up.

(The health system uses a number of surrogate measures along the way to make sure that their members are on the right track — for example, lowering their blood sugar if they are at risk of diabetes.)

A big focus at the annual energy conference was how to keep costs low, while using technology to maximize efficiencies.

Sometimes, when you add an item to your cart Jet will apply «extra savings» seemingly at random or offer lower prices depending on which card you use.

If you add the lower of these tolls into the calculation, and assume we'd have received similar prices on the west coast as the landed U.S. prices I used above, you're still looking at $ 8 to $ 12 million per day in transportation costs.

Consumers are enjoying extra money in their pockets thanks to lower gas, but at least one politician has an idea how that windfall should be used.

But their web - savvy descendants are largely shying away from demanding any commitment at all from their tentative new customers, betting that convenience of use, low prices and a personalized touch will be enough to get their subscribers to buy — and then buy again.

«There are certain advantages towards using second citizenship to create residence in countries where tax burdens would be lower than where you are at the current time.»

That overpressure, caused when the bomb detonates at a low altitude over its target, is designed to crush underground tunnels and bunkers like the ones often used by ISIS.

Right now, it uses an at - home Fit Kit (low - tech) or «photorealistic dynamic configurator» (high - tech) methods to ensure the perfect fit, but it eventually wants to let consumers upload an avatar to fit themselves virtually.

«We're having a longer period of lower growth than we're used to,» says Daniel Stelter, a senior partner at the BCG in Berlin.

Essentially growth hackers use tools in creative thinking, marketing and analysis to help startups gain traction, users and exposure at very low or no cost.

Lean startup provides a rigorous framework that you use to prove or disprove as many of these hypotheses as possible at as low a cost as possible.

The most common measure used to assess volatility in the U.S. is the VIX index, which has been persistently at low levels for the past year.

Use «INSIDERPICKS» at checkout to make sure you're getting the lowest price available ever for Indochino.

The startup is working on technology that would use magnetic levitation in low - pressure tubes to transport people and goods at airplane - like speeds.

Walk fast and self assuredly to the back of the main floor and use the elevator on your right Get off on the lower floor at the grill and find a table in the dining room or the lounge area that allows ample surveillance of the club and seats you next to people that will provide satisfactory eavesdropping.

For instance, what if Patagonia works with retailers and consumers to recycle clothing that has been too worn to be resold and then sells the used materials back to its upstream suppliers at a lower price than comparable virgin materials?

Still, the temptation now to use historically low - interest money from mortgages, personal credit lines and 401 (k) plans to invest in the stock market is great, especially as the Dow is reaching historic heights at more than 26,000 — a milestone unfathomable in 2009, during the Great Recession.

This lowers the odds of employees trying to use all their days each year or cash them out at the end of the period.

According to Washington watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), Mnuchin has frequently opted for using military aircraft for his travel instead of taking commercial planes, which would come at a much lower cost to the taxpayer.

Bourdain: Across America people have lost touch with what used to be a staple at a certain lower - income point.

«There are companies that try to use brute force to solve these issues, such as employing hundreds of low cost, low quality workers in developing countries to look at each product image and annotate the details.

CVS and Aetna are proposing to use pharmacy clinics to provide coordinated, personalized medical care for members with chronic conditions at a lower cost, by leveraging prescription and medical data.

First, the spread of McDonald's and the like — all of whom used technology and engineering to produce large volumes of food at low prices — had an impact.

It has an SMS - to - email function, puts all of your phones and voicemail on one number with a profile you can use to look at your whole call history, and has low rates for international calls.

The intention of licensing is to preserve professional standards but it can also be used, under the guise of maintaining those standards, to prevent persons from offering competing services at lower prices.

If you have a new laptop, scientific calculator, or other expensive tech item on your wish list, use time to your advantage and set up price alerts now so you buy only when the price is at its lowest point.

This can result in consumers using more basic, lower - priced bar soap options in order to splurge on in - shower moisturizers,» said Margie Nanninga, Beauty Analyst at Mintel.

In a groundbreaking new study, researchers at the University of Minnesota used a customized, low - cost 3D printer to print electronics on a real hand for the first time.

In order to understand the impact of longer duration and low yields, let's use a real - life example of one of the largest bond funds today and look back at its history.

To find the cheapest place to get the vaccine, Cheapism.com checked prices at six of the country's largest pharmacy chains, as well as Costco and Sam's Club, which are known for low prices and allow non-members to use their pharmacies.

debt obligations of the U.S. government that are issued at various intervals and with various maturities; revenue from these bonds is used to raise capital and / or refund outstanding debt; since Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, they are generally considered to be free from credit risk and thus typically carry lower yields than other securities; the interest paid by Treasuries is exempt from state and local tax, but is subject to federal taxes and may be subject to the federal Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT); U.S. Treasury securities include Treasury bills, Treasury notes, Treasury bonds, zero - coupon bonds, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS), and Treasury Auctions

With the large amount of functionalities at such a low price (I think most people will use either the $ 99 / mo or the $ 249 / mo package), I'm not sure how you would be able to use Raven Tools without making it pay for itself.

In comparison, credit card use was lower at 21.8 per cent in 2015.

Since bank reserves held at the Fed are far above their historical levels, marginally raising or lowering reserves — which is how the Fed hits its funds rate target (ffr)-- don't move the ffr the way they used to.